STUDENTS’ VIEWS ON THE PLACE AND IMPORTANCE OF HISTORY OF TURKISH EDUCATION COURSE IN PEDAGOGICAL FORMATION CERTIFICATE PROGRAMME

In pedagogical formation certificate programme, students are need to take at least 8 compulsory courses which one of them is teaching practice course and two elective courses within two semesters. history of turkish education course is also one of the elective courses group ii. this study is a case study and planned to find out the place and importance of history of turkish education course in pedagogical formation programme according to students’ views. the students who attended pamukkale university pedagogical formation certificate programme during 2014-2015 academic year and chose history of turkish education course offered consisted the data source of the study. the course was offered in three semesters and three focus groups were formed with attending students for each semester. content analysis was done on the data gathered with focus group interviews. the reasons of course selection, meeting expectations, place in the programme, gaining pedagogical knowledge and skills and suggestions were reached as themes.